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Beautiful Boy movie review: emotionally wrenching drug depiction (LFF 2018)

Thu, Oct 25, 2018
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This portrait of drug addiction and its impact on a family may be Hollywood sleek and smooth, but its authenticity is in the empathy, in the lack of judgment. Steve Carell is absolutely heartbreaking.

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my picks for tonight’s 90th Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2017’s films) (winners indicated)

Mon, Mar 05, 2018
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I correctly guessed 15 out of the 24 categories, which is one of my better showings ever, I think.

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curated: funny how people object to ‘Call Me by Your Name’s age gap when they let these straight romances slide

Thu, Mar 01, 2018
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Funny, that.

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BAFTA 2018 winners announced

Mon, Feb 19, 2018
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri wins big…

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AWFJ 2017 EDA Awards winners announced

Tue, Jan 09, 2018
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The Shape of Water wins Best Film, and Best Director goes to Guillermo del Toro. Agnes Varda is Defying Age and Ageism, and Hollywood’s sexual tormentors are inducted in the AWFJ Hall of Shame.

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Call Me by Your Name movie review: met a boy cute as can be…

Tue, Jan 09, 2018
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You can feel the stillness and the heat of this sultry, sensual summer in Italy. This is a glorious romance about falling in love with life itself, and living with gusto.

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OFCS 2017 awards winners announced

Thu, Dec 28, 2017
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Get Out wins Best Film and Best Original Screenplay. Call Me by Your Name, Dunkirk, and Three Billboards also take two awards each.

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curated: sorry, no Armie Hammer peen in ‘Call Me By Your Name’

Mon, Oct 09, 2017
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Funny how the contracts of female actors often require nudity instead of forbidding it…

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